"Freedom Will Not Come Today" is a forceful song. The piano introduction grows in dynamic intensity leading to the entrance of the chorus, marked "boldly". "Freedom will not come today, this year, or ever, through compromise and fear." This is a message of asserting one's right to freedom.#2. "Hold Fast to Dreams," in contrast, has a gentle theme. Dreams can be precious and fragile. Thus, florid passages in the piano accompaniment reflect the dreams as they float above us. "Hold fast...for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." At the end of this song a portion of the first song returns to link the dreams to the aspirations of freedom.